Propertius Greek Myth And Virgil

Author : Peter Heslin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199541574
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Propertius, Greek Myth, and Virgil written by Peter Heslin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This strikingly innovative account of Propertius' relationship with Virgil paints a remarkable picture of poetic rivals. Examination of their use of Greek mythology uncovers sustained polemics concealed and couched in meta-literary allusions, forcing a reshaping of our understanding of poetic interaction within the circle of Maecenas" -- source : éditeur.

Author : Paul Chrystal
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 1526766132
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War in Roman Myth and Legend written by Paul Chrystal and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2020-12-31 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enlightening look at the importance of war gods and their myths to the ancient Romans. This book redresses the relative lack of work published on the role of war in classical myth and legend. At the same time it debunks the popular view that the Romans had little mythology of their own and idly borrowed and adapted Greek myth to suit their own ends. While this is true to some extent, War in Roman Myth and Legend clearly demonstrates a rich and meaningful independent mythology at work in Roman culture. The book opens by addressing how the Romans did adopt and adapt Greek myths to fashion the beginnings of Roman history; it goes on to discuss the Roman gods of war and the ubiquity of war in Roman society and politics and how this was reflected in the Aeneas Foundation Myth, the Romulus and Remus Foundation Myth, and the legends associated with the founding of Rome. Also discussed are warlike women in Roman epic; Trojan heroes; and the use of mythology by Roman poets other than Virgil. The Theban Legion and the vision of Constantine myths conclude the journey.

Author : Aaron J. Kachuck
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197579043
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Solitary Sphere in the Age of Virgil written by Aaron J. Kachuck and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Solitary Sphere in the Age of Virgil uses an enriched tripartite model of Roman culture-touching not only the public and the private, but also the solitary-in order to present a radical re-interpretation of Latin literature and of the historical causes of this third sphere's relative invisibility in scholarship. By connecting Cosmos and Imperium to the Individual, the solitary sphere was not so much a way of avoiding politics, as a political education in itself. As re-imagined by literature in this age literature, this sphere was an essential space for the formation of the new Roman citizen of the Augustan revolution, and was behind many of the notable features of the literary revolution of Virgil's age: the expansion of the possibilities of the book of poetry, the birth of the literary cursus, new coordinations of cosmology and politics within strictly organized schemes, the attraction of first-person genres, and the subjective style. Through close readings of Cicero's late works and the oeuvres of Virgil, Horace, and Propertius and the works of other authors in the age of Virgil, The Solitary Sphere thus presents a revelatory reassessment of the classicism of classical Roman literature, and contributes to the study of pre-modern culture more generally, especially for traditions that have taken antiquity as too fixed a point in their own literary, religious, and cultural histories.

Author : Sarah L. McCallum
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192863002
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elegiac Love and Death in Vergil's Aeneid written by Sarah L. McCallum and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-01-12 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elegiac Love and Death in Vergil's 'Aeneid' poses new questions about Vergil's pervasive engagement with elegy, both amatory and funerary, throughout his final epic endeavor. A foundational discussion of elegiac experimentation in the Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid 1-6 explores the aesthetic and conceptual development of destructive Vergilian amor (passion). The unique emphasis of subsequent chapters on the amatory and funerary elegiac dimensions of crucial episodes in Aeneid 7-12 illuminates the intergeneric character of Vergil's martial maius opus. A detailed examination of the inter- and intratextual strands of pivotal moments in the Aeneid evinces Vergil's intense engagement with literary predecessors and contemporaries, his evolving artistic vision, and his enduring influence on subsequent Roman poets. Each chapter of this volume enhances our understanding of the generic complexity of the Aeneid, presenting revisionary readings of key episodes and transformative interpretations of its main characters.

Author : Bobby Xinyue
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019266848X
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry written by Bobby Xinyue and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-02 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry offers a new interpretation of one of the most prominent themes in Latin poetry, the divinization of Augustus, and argues that this theme functioned as a language of political science for the early Augustan poets as they tried to come to terms with Rome's transformation from Republic to Principate. Examining an extensive body of texts ranging from Virgil's Eclogues to Horace's final book of the Odes (covering a period roughly from 43 BC to 13 BC), this study highlights the multifaceted metaphorical force of divinizing language, as well as the cultural complications of divinization. Through a series of close readings, this book challenges the view that poetic images of Augustus' divinization merely reflect the poets' attitude towards Augustus or their recognition of his power, and puts forward a new understanding of this motif as an evolving discourse through which the first generation of Augustan poets articulated, interrogated, and negotiated Rome's shift towards authoritarianism.

Author : Monica R. Gale
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009176072
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Augustan Space written by Monica R. Gale and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-06-30 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging exploration of the construction and representation of space and monumentality in central texts of the Augustan period.

Author : Sextus Propertius
Publisher : Carcanet Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1784106526
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poems written by Sextus Propertius and published by Carcanet Press Ltd. This book was released on 2018-09-27 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Poetry Book Society Autumn 2018 Recommended Translation. Asked to name the great Latin love poets, today's reader is likely to offer Catullus, Ovid, Virgil, Horace. Propertius, a successor of the first and influential peer to the others, has not been blessed by posterity. Yet at their best his poems match any of the period. They are poems of love, of desire, of insecurity and obsession: of struggle, too, as they resist the Augustan Empire's attempts to turn its love poets into propagandists. The result is a highly refined irony, a subtlety of tone and humour that is unique. Patrick Worsnip's translations bring out Propertius' playfulness and his psychological acuity, reinstating his poems at the heart of Latin literature's golden age.

Author : Luke Roman
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438126395
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman Mythology written by Luke Roman and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greek and Roman mythology has fascinated people for more than two millennia, and its influence on cultures throughout Europe, America, North Africa, and the Middle East attests to the universal appeal of the stories. This title examines the best-known figures of Greek and Roman mythology together with the great works of classic literature.

Author : Sextus Propertius
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520935845
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Propertius in Love written by Sextus Propertius and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002-06-03 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These ardent, even obsessed, poems about erotic passion are among the brightest jewels in the crown of Latin literature. Written by Propertius, Rome's greatest poet of love, who was born around 50 b.c., a contemporary of Ovid, these elegies tell of Propertius' tormented relationship with a woman he calls "Cynthia." Their connection was sometimes blissful, more often agonizing, but as the poet came to recognize, it went beyond pride or shame to become the defining event of his life. Whether or not it was Propertius' explicit intention, these elegies extend our ideas of desire, and of the human condition itself.

Author : John F. Miller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521516839
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Apollo, Augustus, and the Poets written by John F. Miller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive treatment of the reflections by Augustan poets on Apollo as an imperial icon.